"In 1931 Hawaiʻi, Thalia Massie, the aristocratic wife of a naval officer, accused five nonwhite men of gang rape. When the trial ended in a hung jury, Thalia's mother arranged for one of the suspects to be murdered--an act sanctioned by sympathetic whites as an "honor killing." The ensuing murder trial, Clarence Darrow's last, enthralled the nation and exposed the shocking realities of a Hawaiian "paradise" held captive by a racist cabal of military leaders and corporate magnates."

Includes bibliographical references and index. Originally published: New York: Viking, 2005, under title: Honor killing : how the infamous "Massie affair" transformed Hawai'i.

1Nothing but Trouble 7 -- 2 Paradise of the Pacific 22 -- 3 Something Awful Has Happened 43 -- 4 Thalia's Story 56 -- 5 Hell's Half Acre 65 -- 6 Arrest 82 -- 7 Rush to Judgment 93 -- 8 Making News 108 -- 9 Alibis and Accusations 121 -- 10 Taking Sides 138 -- 11 Grace and Tommie 149 -- 12 On Trial 159 -- 13 For the Defense 179 -- 14 "Lust-Sodden Beasts" 197 -- 15 "The Shame of Honolulu" 214 -- 16 A Death in the Islands 234 -- 17 Penthouse for a Prison 247 -- 18 Tears of Heaven 259 -- 19 Grand Jury 275 -- 20 Attorney for the Damned 293 -- 21 A Copper Miner's Son 306 -- 22 Territory of Hawaii v. Fortescue et al. 317 -- 23 Dementia Americana 336 -- 24 "Everybody Knows I Love You!" 354 -- 25 Where Is Kahahawai? 363 -- 26 Unwritten Law 376 -- 27 Case Closed 388 -- 28 Prelude to Revolution 401.